đứng trước

Vietnamese

Etymology

đứng (stand) +‎ trước (against).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨŋ˧˦ t͡ɕɨək̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨŋ˦˧˥ ʈɨək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨŋ˦˥ ʈɨək̚˦˥]

Verb

đứng trước

  1. (literal) to face against a thing or a crowd
  2. (now formal) to cope with something unpleasant